ANKARA (AA) – Israel President Isaac Herzog on Thursday concluded his visit to Turkiye after meeting Jewish community representatives in Istanbul. Herzog arrived in Ankara on Wednesday on a state visit, the first by an Israeli head of state in 14 years. Ahead of bilateral talks with Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Herzog ...
ANKARA (AA) – British PM and Ukraine’s President have expressed their determination to further tighten sanctions against Russia. Boris Johnson outlined the work the UK is doing to provide the military equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself and Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked him for “the UK’s ongoing military support, alongside tough...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UAE will encourage OPEC to raise its production levels, the Emirates’ ambassador to Washington said Wednesday. “The UAE has been a reliable and responsible supplier of energy to global markets for more than 50 years and believes that stability in energy markets is critical to the global economy,” Yousef Al...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani police claimed Wednesday it killed three militants involved in last week’s attack on a Shia mosque in Peshawar that killed 62. Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told reporters that the suspects, including the “main handler,” were killed in a security operation near Khyber tribal district...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described the visit of President Isaac Herzog to Turkey on Wednesday as an “exciting moment.” Bennett shared a video on Twitter of the official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara and said: “A warm welcome to the President of Israel Isaac Herzo...
LONDON (AA) – The British army has confirmed that a number of its active soldiers have gone to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces. An unnamed spokesperson was quoted by Sky News as saying that they were “aware of a small number of individual soldiers who have disobeyed orders and gone absent without leave and […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – While denying possessing chemical or biological weapons “anywhere”, the US has warned Russia could use such weapons in Ukraine. In a series of tweets, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Russia falsely claimed that the US has biological weapons labs and chemical weapons development facilities in Ukraine, ...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday she is “horrified” by an attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. “We do not yet know the number of casualties but fear the worst,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “This attack, if confirmed, underscores...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has said that her country is not considering NATO membership for now. “The basis of the European security system is formed by the fact that each country implements its own security policy. So we created our own security system,” she added. Meanwhile, Finnish Prime Minister...
ISTANBUL (AA) – More global brands have joined major companies from different sectors suspending their operations in Russia. It was only a few days after Russia started what it called a “special military operation” in its neighbor on Feb. 24 that various sectors in Russia, ranging from technology to automotive and energy, have anno...
